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7564523

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
Adult T cell leukemia (ATL) is the T cell malignancy caused by human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I), and HTLV-I is also the causative agent of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Although HTLV-I causes both diseases, concomitant occurrence is reported to be rare. This paper describes two cases of HAM/TSP that developed into lymphoma-type ATL after the onset of HAM/TSP. In one case, the same HTLV-I infected clone could be detected by polymerase chain reaction in peripheral blood obtained when the patient was diagnosed as HAM/TSP. This finding showed that the HTLV-I clone already existed at the stage of HAM/TSP. Since frequent detection of clonal proliferation of HTLV-I infected cells has been reported previously in patients with HAM/TSP, careful follow-up is needed for patients with HAM/TSP.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0887-6924
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
1768-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Adult T cell leukemia following HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: case reports and implication to the natural course of ATL.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't